1

2

8

9

15

16

22

23

29

30

A warning, a gun sale and tragic consequences: Despite a mother’s plea, her mentally ill daughter was sold a firearm — here’s why she sued. Husbands are deadlier than terrorists: Trump is raging about a risk from refugees that seems manageable, even as he talks about relaxing rules on another threat, guns, that is infinitely more lethal. Domestic violence and guns: Lois Beckett on the hidden American crisis ending women’s lives. America’s domestic violence problem is closely tied to its gun problem. In San Bernardino, a tragically ordinary tale. “Our moment to go on offense”: NRA makes big plans for Trump presidency. The NRA appoints itself leader of the Trump “counter resistance”. Trump is the NRA’s agent of chaos.

Derek R. Ford (DePauw): Studying like a Communist: Affect, the Party, and the Educational Limits to Capitalism. On collectives, communicative capitalism, and suspension of the individual ego: Luke Mergner reviewsCrowds and Parties by Jodi Dean (and more). You can downloadIdiotism: Capitalism and the Privatization of Life by Neal Curtis (2013).

From PUP, the introduction to Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law by James Q. Whitman (and more). James Whitman on why the Nazis loved America (and more). “In early 2017 it is impossible for an American to read the newly published English translation of this book outside the shadow cast by our new president”: Christopher R. Browning reviewsHitler: Ascent 1889–1939 by Volker Ullrich. Corey Robin on how Eichmann in Jerusalem is a better guide to Trump time than is Origins of Totalitarianism. A brief history of the Trump administration’s flirtation with Holocaust denial.

What is the Kushner Doctrine? The president’s son-in-law is reportedly trying to micromanage America’s foreign policy — and we have almost no idea what he believes in. New front in White House civil war as Kushner asserts authority at NSC. Is Stephen Bannon getting pushed out? The latest signs point to Yes. “Within the White House, Team Corrupt (Jared) seems to be winning out over Team Inept (Preibus/Spicer) and Team Evil (Bannon). But outside the White House, the most evil Cabinet secretary, Jeff Sessions, is just getting started”.